Early Childhood/Elementary School Resources:

General Early Childhood/Elementary School Resources:

• Dear Teacher (Video)

• Tools of the Mind (Article)

• Constructive Play (Article)

• Ambitious Science Teaching (Website)

• Next Generation Science Standards (Website)

• It's Okay to Be Neither (PDF)

Social Studies/History:

• Next America (Website)

• Virginia's Population Changes (Website)

• African American History Education Commission (Website)

• Heather's Mom Got Married (PDF)

• Peers, Power, and Privilege (PDF)

• Essential Characteristics of a Culturally Conscientious Classroom (PDF)

• Patriotic Education Commission (Podcast)

• 1619 Project Creator on Patriotic Education (Podcast)

• Structuring the Curriculum Around Big Ideas (PDF)

• C3 Toolkit Introduction (Video)

• C3 Questions (Video)

• C3 Argumentation (Video)

• C3 Taking Informed Action (Video)

• Young Adults Trade Books (Podcast)

• American Indians in Children's Literature (Podcast)

• Teaching Racial Literacy and Controversial Issues (Podcast)

• Newseum Today's Front Pages (Website)

• The True Size... (Website)

• Bouncy Maps (Website)

• JMU Economic Education Lessons (Website)

Reading/Writing/Literacy: 

• Out of the Box: Critical Literacy in a First-Grade Classroom (PDF)

• Writing (Chapter)

• Moving from Correct-Alls to Mentor Texts (Chapter)

• Differentiation and Interventions for Struggling Readers (Chapter)

• Fluency beyond the primary grades (Article)

• Fluency: Bridge between decoding and reading comprehension (Article)

• Encouraging Struggling Writers (Article)

Science:

• Why Do We Need to Teach Science in Elementary School? (Article)

• How to Read the NGSS (Video)

• Using Phenomena in NGSS-Designed Lessons and Units (PDF)

• How to Run a Design Challenge (Article)

• Key Science Terms Defined (PDF)

• Why Science Teachers Should Care About Social Justice (PDF)

• Standards Are Not Curriculum (PDF)

• What Makes a Question Essential? (Article)

• Overview of Modeling in K-2 Units (Video)

• K-2 Modeling (Video)

• Critiquing Scientific Models (Video)

• Bears on a Boat (PDF)

• Academic Language Function Toolkit (PDF)

• Misconceptions (PDF)

• Responsive Talk (Video)

• Using Backpocket Questions (Video)

• 5E Inquiry Model (PDF)

• Ensuring a Safer Outdoor Experience (PDF)

• Summary Tables (Video)

• Plastic Pollution to Solution (PDF)

• A Water Wheel Challenge (PDF)

• Argumentation in Early Grades (Video)

• Modeling Claims and Evidence Reasoning (Video)

• Gotta Have Checklist (Video)

• Teaching STEM in Ways that Respect Rights (Article)

• Implementing Meaningful STEM Education (Article)

• Place-based Education Support (Article)

• Engaging Learners in Science Practices Outside the Classroom (Article)

• The Role of Informal Science Education in K-12 (Article)

• Promoting Equality and Excitement in STEM (Article)

Math:

• Principles and Stanrards for School Mathematics (PDF)

• 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Math Discussions (PDF)

• Counting On Using A Number (PDF)

• Early Addition: It Is in the Cards (PDF)

• Enriching Addition and Subtraction Fact Mastery through Games (PDF)

• Problem Solving (PDF)

• Communication (PDF)

• Reasoning and Proof (PDF)

• Connections (PDF)

• Representations (PDF)

SPED Resources:​

• Holding Nyla (Article)

• STEM Tool for SPED (PDF)

• Ramps, Balls, and Measuring Distance - for all (PDF)

• National Science Teaching Association Disabilities Resources (Website)

TESOL Resources:

• Supporting ELLS in the Classroom (Article)

• 5E for ELL (PDF)

General Websites and Activities:

• Everyday in Kindergarten

• Letter Learning

• Super Teacher Worksheets

• Mrs. Renz's Class

• Osmo​

• ​Read Works

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